Chapter 49: I Am Lu Boyue

White light flickered, and Bai Pu entered the plane scene, the scenery before his eyes gradually froze.

The cold river wind brushed by, sending a shiver through Bai Pu’s body.

The memory of Lu Aniu, the native, surged into his mind—

A distant relative of the Lu Clan, a prominent family in Wu County.

The founding ancestor of the Lu Clan is Lu Tong.

Lu Aniu’s grandfather, Lu Qing, is a twentieth-generation descendant of the Lu Clan, the family fell into decline; his father, Lu Ming, never pursued studies and farmed all his life; by Lu Aniu’s generation, he did not even have a decent name.

The scenery slowly froze, and Bai Pu felt the rocking sensation underfoot.

Bai Pu realized he was on a massive battleship, in front of him was the wide river surface, behind him was the riverbank and a campsite with fluttering banners.

"Lu Aniu, mealtime!" Two coarse, large hands settled on Bai Pu’s shoulders, shaking him around.

Bai Pu held onto those hands and turned his head to look.

A burly man with a gray turban, clothed in half rough fabric, bare-chested on one side, was shaking his shoulder.

That was his fellow villager, Zhang Dalang. Although they were not very familiar with each other before, after being conscripted, boarding the same warship, they naturally felt a special closeness.

"Don’t call me A’niu, I have a proper name."

Bai Pu started with the name, "My name is Lu Pu, and my grandfather gave me the courtesy name, Bo Yue!"

"Lu... Lu Bo Yue?"

Zhang Dalang stammered as he repeated it. Though he did not understand the meaning of the courtesy name "Bo Yue," it seemed impressive and mysterious, as if his fellow villager’s temperament had slightly changed.

Zhang Dalang recalled, nodding as he spoke, "Yes, indeed... You’re definitely of the Lu surname, supposedly your grandfather was part of an off-shoot branch of the Lu Clan..."

Bai Pu said, "Brother Zhang, just call me Lu Pu."

This is the effect of the extra title "Famous Family," which makes those who meet Bai Pu subconsciously accept that he comes from an illustrious lineage!

One could even check the Lu Clan genealogy, and the grandfather Lu Qing and father Lu Ming of this so-called "Lu Aniu" can also be found.

If it wasn’t for the Famous Family title, upon entering this world, concocting a prestigious lineage recklessly, the natives certainly wouldn’t believe it.

Bai Pu looked over his attire, similar to Zhang Dalang’s, with the only difference being an additional complete inner garment, not exposing his chest, preserving the family’s dignity.

Zhang Dalang dragged Bai Pu along with the green armor centurion in the lead to the camp to receive meals, while chattering along the way:

"These days, be cautious. The Grand Commander enforces strict martial law. I heard even General Huang Gongfu was caned, and if it weren’t for multiple officials pleading, he’d have been beheaded by now."

Bai Pu cooperatively showed a surprised expression: "When did this happen?"

"Just yesterday, you didn’t know?" Zhang Dalang, satisfied with spreading gossip, said enthusiastically, "They say General Huang’s whole back was beaten to pieces, bleeding all over, bedridden. Many people went to visit, expressing grievances against the Grand Commander."

This Zhang Dalang narrated vividly, yet Bai Pu didn’t doubt its authenticity.

This is precisely the famous tale from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Zhou Yu strikes Huang Gai, one willing to be beaten, one willing to endure!

As for why even something as trivial as soldiers knowing of Huang Gai’s punishment spread, obviously, it stemmed from Zhou Yu’s tacit consent, or even encouragement! He wanted Huang Gai’s punishment to permeate the troops, convincing the opposing Cao Army of its legitimacy, thereby accepting Huang Gai’s feigned surrender!

The Three Kingdoms plane world is a deeply influential and highly challenging world; thoroughly reading the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a mandatory course for every Awakened! Except not every Awakened can remember precise dates and times.

Bai Pu was different, he could recite the entire Romance of the Three Kingdoms backwards, without missing a word!

Recalling it a bit, Bai Pu pieced together the timeline after the ruse.

After Huang Gai’s punishment, Kan Ze visited him, then went to the Cao camp at night, presenting a fake surrender letter.

After Kan Ze returned, he conspired with Gan Ning to deceive the spies, Cai Zhong and Cai He, sent by Cao Camp, forming a surrender team. Only Kan Ze and Gan Ning’s surrender was fake, but Cai Zhong and Cai He believed it to be true, secretly reporting to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao, ever suspicious, did not fully trust Huang Gai or Kan Ze, dispatching the clever Jiang Gan across the river to verify the situation.

Jiang Gan, under Zhou Yu’s secret arrangement, encountered Pang Tong the Phoenix Chick, immediately recommending Pang Tong to Cao Cao.

Pang Tong then proposed the chained ships tactic, using large iron nails to lock the Cao Camp warships together, supposedly "moving on chains as if on solid ground," overcoming northern soldiers’ seaworthiness weakness, but also binding Cao Army hands and feet, unable to handle fire attacks!

Days later, Zhuge Liang borrowed the wind at the Seven-Star Altar, Zhou Yu set fire at the Three Rivers Confluence, burning Chibi, severely defeating the Cao Army.

Afterwards was the struggle between Sun and Liu families for control over Jingzhou, unnecessary to think about, as there’s no time.

In this special mirror plane scene, failing to trigger the main storyline task results in no extra time to stay, and all candidates face the same, with only ten days of free exploration time!

Bai Pu followed Zhang Dalang, stepping on a small boat tied to the back of the battleship, heading towards the riverside camp.

During walking, boarding, and other processes, Bai Pu already felt the distinctions of this plane scene from Earth, where air resistance, gravity seemed stronger, even the ground felt more solid.

The plane scene’s intensity of 2.4 signifies a higher concentration of spiritual particles! Mountains and rivers are more solid and hard to damage, venomous creatures and beasts more vicious and harder to deal with.

The most crucial is people!

Living in such a high concentration of spiritual particles plane, the power of those natives solely dedicated to combat is imaginable!

Upon entering the plane scene, Bai Pu had already equipped the title he acquired from the last plane world: .

The title’s gifted reconnaissance capability had a cooldown of up to 24 hours. However, Bai Pu did not hesitate to use it directly on the leading green armor centurion.

Suddenly a barely noticeable red light flashed over the green armor centurion’s body, and a semi-transparent information box appeared in Bai Pu’s view.